316 CYPERACES. [Eleochar is 
or more of the localities given above, but the specimens 
gathered proved too immature to show the fruit character 
satisfactorily. 
E. multicaulis Smith. 
Districts I. II I. IV. V. Vi. VII. VI. — 
Native. Wet spots about lakes and in bogs. Common in 
the south, rather less so in the north. Peren. June-— 
August. 
From sea-level, to 2,000 feet on the Reeks (Druce). 
First record in 1806: Mackay Rar. 
SCIRPUS Linn. 
S. pauciflorus Lightf. 
Districts I. — I. IV. V. VI. — Vil. — 
Native. Marshy places, especially on sandy ground. Rare, 
but locally abundant. Peren. May—QJuly. 
I. About Cloonee, 1898 (Praeger) Topog. “Bot.—III. Damp 
hollows amongst the Dooaghs sandhills, Rossbehy, 1913: 
f.W.S.—IV. Near the Gap of Dunloe, 1906 : Mrs. Jenner — 
V. In damp hollows amongst the sandhills north of Castle- 
gregory : Hart 1884. On the coast west of Castlegregory, 
1902: Marshall <& Shoolbred. In several places about 
Castlegregory, abundant amongst the Ventry sandhills and 
near Smerwick Harbour, 1890-1907.—VI. Near Lough 
Guitane south-east of Killarney, 1896.—VIII. Abundant in 
damp hollows about the Banna sandhills north-west of 
Ardfert, 1902: R.W.S. 
First record in 1884: Hart, Proc. R.I.A. 
S. cespitosus Linn. 
Districts I. II. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIi. IX. 
Native. Heaths, moors and rocky places, especially on 
mountains. Common and often abundant over the greater 
portion of the county, rather rare at low elevations and in 
the extreme north. Peren. May—June. Calcifuge A. 
From sea-level (near the Cloonee Lakes, Lixnaw, &c.), to 
2,756 feet on the summit of Mangerton (R.W.S. ), and to 
3,000 feet on the Reeks (Moore). 
First record in Cyb. 1866: Moore. 
S. parvulus Roem. & Schult. S. nanus Spreng. 
Districts — — — -— — — — VIII. IX. 
Native. On mud exposed in a tidal river. Very rare but 
locally abundant. Ann. July—August. 
